The BulleTin • Friday, July 23, 2021 B5
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
TODAY
SATURDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
90°
LOW
54°
Very warm with plenty of
sunshine
Hot with blazing sunshine
ALMANAC
Yesterday Normal
Record
84°
86° 102° in 1905
43°
50° 31° in 1965
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
0.00"
Record
1.28" in 1987
Month to date (normal)
0.00" (0.33")
Year to date (normal)
2.93" (5.87")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.11"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Sat.
Sun
5:44am/8:39pm 5:45am/8:38pm
Moon
8:59pm/4:50am 9:40pm/6:04am
Mercury 4:52am/8:09pm 4:58am/8:13pm
Venus
8:26am/10:08pm 8:28am/10:07pm
Mars
7:55am/9:52pm 7:54am/9:50pm
Jupiter
9:57pm/8:26am 9:53pm/8:22am
Saturn
9:05pm/6:44am 9:01pm/6:39am
Uranus 12:41am/2:55pm 12:37am/2:51pm
Full
Last
New
First
Jul 23
Jul 31
Aug 8
Aug 15
Tonight's sky: Full moon at 7:36 p.m. PDT.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
5
9
9
5
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
POLLEN COUNT
Trees
Low
Weeds
Absent
Source: Oregon Allergy Associates
TUESDAY
92°
62°
89°
60°
Sun and areas of high
clouds and hot
Hot with sunshine
EAST: Very warm
Friday with sunshine
dimmed by areas of
smoke and haze. Hot
Saturday with hazy
sunshine.
CENTRAL: Sunny
Friday with a hot
afternoon. Clear Friday
night, then sunny and
hot again Saturday.
Astoria
71/56
Very warm with periods
of sun
Hood
River
NATIONAL WEATHER
As of 7 a.m. yesterday
Reservoir
Acre feet
Capacity
Crane Prairie
44031
80%
Wickiup
19494
10%
Crescent Lake
19946
23%
Ochoco Reservoir
5577
13%
Prineville
55016
37%
River fl ow
Station
Cu.ft./sec.
Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie
278
Deschutes R. below Wickiup
1130
Deschutes R. below Bend
109
Deschutes R. at Benham Falls
1400
Little Deschutes near La Pine
70
Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake
90
Crooked R. above Prineville Res.
0
Crooked R. below Prineville Res.
204
Crooked R. near Terrebonne
23
Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res.
4
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
T-storms
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
92/67/0.00
Akron
79/54/0.00
Albany
76/54/0.00
Albuquerque
93/71/0.00
Anchorage
67/55/0.33
Atlanta
90/72/Tr
Atlantic City
78/68/0.06
Austin
91/68/0.32
Baltimore
84/60/Tr
Billings
96/67/0.06
Birmingham
92/72/Tr
Bismarck
105/69/0.00
Boise
92/60/0.00
Boston
78/65/0.02
Bridgeport, CT 84/64/0.00
Buffalo
78/58/0.00
Burlington, VT
79/55/0.03
Caribou, ME
75/54/0.46
Charleston, SC 90/76/0.02
Charlotte
90/69/0.00
Chattanooga
91/69/0.00
Cheyenne
93/61/0.00
Chicago
86/64/0.00
Cincinnati
83/63/0.00
Cleveland
75/55/0.00
Colorado Springs 93/62/0.12
Columbia, MO
88/69/0.00
Columbia, SC
93/73/0.00
Columbus, GA
92/74/Tr
Columbus, OH
80/57/0.00
Concord, NH
80/55/0.04
Corpus Christi
91/73/0.10
Dallas
95/73/0.00
Dayton
80/58/0.00
Denver
97/67/0.02
Des Moines
88/68/0.00
Detroit
79/58/0.00
Duluth
77/60/Tr
El Paso
92/70/0.00
Fairbanks
82/59/0.00
Fargo
91/73/Tr
Flagstaff
80/54/0.04
Grand Rapids
80/58/0.00
Green Bay
78/59/Tr
Greensboro
85/68/0.00
Harrisburg
83/62/0.00
Hartford, CT
83/58/0.00
Helena
94/57/0.00
Honolulu
88/76/0.04
Houston
93/75/0.02
Huntsville
90/73/Tr
Indianapolis
83/66/0.00
Jackson, MS
92/74/0.06
Jacksonville
93/75/0.45
Today
Hi/Lo/W
96/74/t
81/65/pc
74/55/sh
86/64/t
67/57/r
91/74/t
81/68/s
94/74/pc
87/65/s
95/61/s
90/73/t
98/63/t
94/63/s
76/62/s
82/65/s
80/62/pc
75/57/sh
73/51/pc
90/72/t
91/71/t
93/72/t
87/62/t
87/74/t
85/64/pc
80/65/pc
88/64/s
91/73/s
91/72/t
90/74/t
83/63/pc
75/54/sh
94/78/s
94/78/pc
83/66/pc
92/67/pc
92/75/s
78/69/t
84/67/t
90/70/t
77/59/sh
90/65/t
71/56/t
82/72/t
86/73/t
87/69/pc
84/62/s
79/57/s
90/56/s
88/77/sh
95/77/pc
91/71/t
85/68/t
91/75/t
88/73/t
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
72/58/c
90/75/s
59/44/pc
112/87/pc
89/80/t
86/72/c
87/79/pc
76/61/pc
63/50/t
84/60/pc
65/55/s
91/82/s
95/76/s
77/49/pc
89/79/pc
75/57/pc
72/55/pc
86/65/pc
73/46/pc
93/84/pc
83/71/pc
81/75/pc
51/30/s
67/61/pc
78/63/pc
77/61/pc
95/61/pc
83/80/t
Saturday
Hi/Lo/W
99/75/s
85/71/pc
78/63/s
82/65/t
62/55/r
90/73/t
81/72/s
95/72/s
87/72/pc
93/63/s
91/75/t
95/60/s
97/68/pc
76/65/s
81/71/s
81/70/t
81/66/s
79/56/pc
89/72/pc
89/70/t
93/74/t
84/60/t
91/73/t
88/73/pc
84/71/t
82/62/t
94/75/s
90/70/pc
92/73/t
88/71/pc
79/61/s
95/76/s
98/78/s
88/73/pc
84/64/t
94/71/pc
84/72/t
86/62/pc
88/70/t
72/52/sh
89/60/s
71/54/t
86/71/t
88/63/t
85/68/t
87/72/pc
81/65/s
92/59/s
88/77/pc
96/75/s
91/74/t
87/73/pc
92/75/t
88/73/t
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
62/54/0.17
88/67/0.00
81/56/0.00
103/87/0.03
81/63/Tr
90/66/0.00
91/74/0.02
87/70/0.00
87/71/0.00
86/64/0.00
91/78/0.75
94/81/0.27
81/61/0.00
85/70/0.06
91/69/0.00
95/79/Tr
81/67/0.00
85/67/0.00
85/74/0.04
90/65/0.00
89/71/0.00
97/79/0.28
106/88/0.00
89/71/0.00
82/65/0.00
106/81/0.00
78/56/0.00
79/61/0.00
83/64/Tr
86/70/0.00
97/66/0.10
97/63/0.00
86/68/0.00
76/56/0.00
95/59/0.00
90/74/0.00
99/80/0.00
87/71/0.68
78/71/0.00
66/55/0.00
76/57/0.00
90/60/0.00
87/75/0.41
77/53/0.00
90/71/0.05
80/51/0.00
88/69/0.00
97/80/0.09
98/78/0.22
91/68/0.00
84/68/0.00
91/63/0.00
85/47/0.00
108/85/0.09
Today
Hi/Lo/W
59/52/r
93/75/s
80/70/t
105/86/t
84/62/pc
96/74/s
91/75/pc
86/68/pc
89/67/pc
88/75/t
90/76/t
90/78/t
85/75/t
94/75/pc
92/70/pc
94/80/t
82/67/s
85/67/s
86/70/s
92/74/s
96/77/s
92/76/t
109/84/pc
88/73/pc
84/66/s
89/75/t
80/61/pc
75/57/s
80/61/s
89/70/pc
93/64/t
97/66/s
87/67/s
77/56/pc
99/60/s
92/77/s
98/71/pc
93/76/pc
77/68/pc
73/54/pc
81/57/pc
83/58/t
91/74/t
79/58/s
96/73/s
84/59/s
89/72/s
93/80/t
80/72/t
94/76/s
87/70/s
95/73/s
91/61/s
107/83/pc
Saturday
Hi/Lo/W
59/50/r
96/75/s
85/71/t
102/82/pc
88/70/pc
95/70/pc
92/75/pc
81/66/pc
92/75/pc
91/68/t
93/78/t
88/77/t
91/73/t
94/68/s
93/75/t
94/81/t
82/70/s
84/71/s
87/73/pc
95/74/s
96/72/pc
91/75/t
105/80/pc
92/74/pc
86/71/pc
88/75/t
85/68/pc
77/61/s
79/66/s
87/70/pc
93/64/s
100/67/pc
85/70/pc
80/68/t
99/60/s
96/79/pc
100/71/pc
94/74/s
76/69/pc
72/56/pc
81/58/pc
84/60/t
90/73/t
81/57/s
96/66/s
91/64/s
92/74/s
91/78/t
80/72/t
97/78/s
86/73/t
98/75/s
96/65/s
99/79/t
98/84/0.00
74/57/0.19
79/57/0.00
70/55/0.00
77/56/0.00
90/79/0.00
91/80/0.12
95/77/0.00
82/54/0.00
77/57/0.18
84/63/0.00
72/62/0.00
86/66/0.00
77/37/0.00
72/46/0.00
88/69/0.00
97/77/0.00
90/78/0.15
91/81/0.00
78/46/0.00
66/44/0.00
88/79/1.27
86/79/0.00
91/77/0.00
77/57/0.00
72/55/0.00
79/55/0.00
74/55/0.00
102/81/pc
72/55/t
78/60/s
72/57/pc
75/55/pc
90/79/pc
89/80/t
95/77/pc
80/57/pc
77/56/pc
86/66/pc
74/63/s
85/67/s
69/39/pc
75/51/s
86/71/pc
97/79/s
92/79/t
88/80/t
69/53/pc
61/53/c
89/80/r
88/86/pc
88/77/pc
79/62/pc
73/57/pc
82/59/pc
75/59/pc
104/80/pc
74/56/t
81/65/pc
69/53/pc
74/53/pc
89/78/t
95/82/c
94/77/pc
82/58/pc
81/65/pc
79/63/c
76/63/s
85/69/s
56/36/c
78/53/s
88/70/s
97/79/s
83/81/r
89/80/t
77/58/s
64/51/s
84/81/r
87/82/pc
88/76/pc
77/69/t
75/59/s
88/67/pc
78/60/pc
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 111°
at Ocotillo Wells, CA
National low: 32°
at Sunriver, OR
Precipitation: 1.60"
at San Antonio, TX
FIRE INDEX
High
Extreme
Very high
Extreme
High
Very warm with a blend of
sun and clouds
Sunny
NATIONAL
Yesterday
Today Saturday
Yesterday
Today Saturday
Yesterday
Today Saturday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
69/51/0.00 71/56/s 70/55/pc
La Grande
84/53/0.00 85/56/s 92/59/s
Portland
82/57/0.00 86/61/s 91/61/s
Baker City
85/49/0.00 87/47/s 93/51/s
La Pine
86/35/0.00 88/48/s 94/55/s
Prineville
82/36/0.00 93/51/s 94/57/s
Brookings
75/50/Tr
69/54/s 67/56/s
Medford
91/55/0.00 99/63/s 102/68/s
Redmond
85/39/0.00 91/50/s 98/54/s
Burns
90/47/0.00 91/50/s 96/56/s
Newport
64/45/0.00 65/52/s 64/52/pc
Roseburg
85/57/0.00 93/61/s 97/62/s
Salem
84/53/0.00 89/59/s 95/59/s
Eugene
84/50/0.00 89/58/s 96/58/s
North Bend
67/50/0.00 68/55/s 66/55/pc
Klamath Falls
89/41/0.00 92/53/s 96/55/s
Ontario
96/68/0.00 98/63/s 101/65/pc
Sisters
82/37/0.00 91/53/s 96/57/s
Lakeview
91/48/0.00 92/53/s 96/54/s
Pendleton
82/46/0.00 88/60/s 94/64/s
The Dalles
90/58/0.00 93/64/s 100/67/s
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
-10s
92°
58°
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
91/58
Rufus
Hermiston
87/61
91/60
93/66
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
93/64
86/57 86/61
83/52
Wasco
84/54 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
Tillamook
83/52
89/62
88/60
Sandy
93/64
McMinnville
72/55
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
83/59
Maupin
Government
88/56
85/56
83/55
Camp
91/60 Condon 85/59
Union
Lincoln City
85/58
76/53
87/52
Salem
68/55
Spray
Granite
Warm Springs
89/59
Madras
92/58
Albany
79/48
Newport
Baker City
92/55
93/53
Mitchell
65/52
85/59
87/47
WEST: Sunny
Camp Sherman
87/58
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
Friday with a warm
90/54
91/50
86/59
Day
Prineville
65/53
86/49
afternoon. Clear and
Ontario
Sisters
93/51
Paulina
90/56
98/63
comfortable Friday
Florence
Eugene 91/53
Bend Brothers 88/51
Vale
night. Sunny and
68/55
89/58
90/54
85/48
Sunriver
96/63
warmer Saturday.
Nyssa
89/50
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
96/62
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
88/48
87/49
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
96/55
88/57
88/56
Fort
Rock
69/54
91/50
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
89/49
89/50
High: 96°
87/49
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Ontario
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
66/55
93/61
89/50
90/55
Low: 32°
Marsh
Lake
92/56
Port Orford
89/49
90/48
at Sunriver
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
69/57
Pass
95/58
Chiloquin
91/49
98/60
Rome
Medford
90/49
Gold Beach
99/63
96/56
67/58
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
95/59
94/64
92/53
95/59
69/54
92/53
Seaside
70/55
Cannon Beach
69/55
THURSDAY
88°
55°
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
541-683-1577
WATER REPORT
Bend
Redmond/Madras
Sisters
Prineville
La Pine/Gilchrist
WEDNESDAY
OREGON WEATHER
TEMPERATURE
Grasses
Moderate
MONDAY
96°
57°
95°
58°
A moonlit sky
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
High
Low
SUNDAY
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: USDA Forest Service
73/59/0.00
91/81/0.00
58/53/0.09
109/90/0.00
91/79/0.04
83/75/0.14
86/77/0.00
73/61/0.00
66/52/0.11
83/57/0.00
59/49/0.00
91/81/0.00
96/78/0.00
77/52/0.00
90/80/0.01
79/52/0.00
69/57/0.00
84/61/0.00
73/51/0.00
90/82/0.00
81/73/0.00
84/70/0.00
47/32/0.00
65/61/0.00
81/61/0.00
82/63/0.00
100/70/0.00
84/76/0.72
76/60/t
91/75/s
60/51/pc
114/89/pc
86/79/t
88/75/pc
87/80/s
82/67/pc
64/51/sh
88/63/pc
60/56/c
91/80/s
94/75/s
79/52/s
89/77/pc
68/55/c
67/53/c
84/62/t
65/40/s
93/82/t
82/73/pc
80/72/pc
52/33/s
66/62/pc
78/63/s
71/61/r
92/62/s
86/81/t
Mecca
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Nairobi
Nassau
New Delhi
Osaka
Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Santiago
Sao Paulo
Sapporo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Taipei City
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Vienna
Warsaw
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Could potential Texas/Oklahoma move tip realignment dominos?
BY RALPH D. RUSSO
AP College Football Writer
INDIANAPOLIS — Barry
Alvarez lived through the tidal
wave of conference realignment
that swept over college sports in
the early 2010s as Wisconsin’s
athletic director, watching the
Big Ten grow to 14 teams from
the Midwest to the East Coast.
Another round of shuffling
could be on the horizon, with
Texas and Oklahoma initiating
discussions with the Southeast-
ern Conference about leaving
the Big 12 and joining what is
already college football’s stron-
gest league.
Alvarez’s reaction when he
heard the news: “Why?”
One day after word of the
discussions surfaced, the rip-
ple effects across the sport were
clear as schools far from the
Big 12 and SEC tried to sort out
where this is going.
The Big 12 had a meeting
planned for late Thursday with
athletic directors and university
presidents and chancellors to
be briefed on what’s going on
with Texas and Oklahoma, a
person familiar with the meet-
ing told The Associated Press.
It was not clear if Texas and
Oklahoma officials would par-
ticipate, said the person who
spoke on condition of anonym-
ity because the Big 12 was not
making its actions public.
Leaders from other confer-
ences were hesitant to speculate
on what’s next, but some ob-
servers were concerned about
the potential consequences.
“College football is filled
with people operating in silos
and what they fail to realize is
that if they only look at and try
to build their silo as big and as
shiny as possible than the en-
tirety of the sport is not going
to be as strong as it needs to be,”
said former Colorado quarter-
back Joel Klatt, the lead college
football analyst for Fox, which
holds television rights with the
Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-12.
LM Otero/AP
Oklahoma head football coach Lincoln Riley speaks from the stage
with mannequins in the background during Big 12 media days July 14
in Arlington, Texas.
“I think a move like this
would be to the detriment of
the sport overall.”
Former Oklahoma quar-
terback and Heisman Trophy
winner Baker Mayfield put it
more starkly: “It would ruin
the Big 12. It would be done,”
Mayfield said during a break in
shooting TV commercials in
Cleveland.
The Big 12 was thought to be
on life support about a decade
ago after losing Nebraska, Col-
orado, Texas A&M and Mis-
souri. Managing to hold on to
Texas and Oklahoma allowed
the Big 12 to survive as a Power
“We do not believe the
changes made (to the
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Olympic protest rule)
“The report provides no
information on racial/ethnic
reflect a commitment to
demographics or insights into
freedom of expression as a
the research instrument used
and steps taken to strengthen
fundamental human right
the validity and trustworthi-
ness of the data,” the letter said. nor to racial and social
The largest cross-section
justice in global sports.
of the 3,547 athletes surveyed
Staying neutral means
came from China (14%),
where protests were over-
staying silent, and staying
whelmingly frowned upon
silent means supporting
by those who answered the
questions. U.S. athletes were
ongoing injustice.”
Protest
the second-largest contingent
to answer (7%), followed by
athletes from Japan (6%).
Among the others to sign
the letter were fencer Race
Imboden, who, along with
Berry, was placed on proba-
tion by the U.S. Olympic and
Paralympic Committee for
demonstrating on the medals
stand at the Pan American
Games in 2019. The USOPC
later changed its stance and
will not sanction athletes who
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— Excerpt from letter
urging the IOC not to punish
participants who demonstrate
at the Tokyo Games
protest in Tokyo.
Also signing was Harry
Edwards, the longtime ac-
tivist who organized the
Olympic Project for Human
Rights, which led to the ges-
tures in Mexico City by Smith
and Carlos.
Five conference after it added
TCU and West Virginia.
Back when that was playing
out, conferences were reacting
to one another. The Big Ten
pushed over the first domino
when it announced in 2009 it
was going to explore expansion.
Eventually, it lured Nebraska
away from the Big 12.
“We often talk about how
uncomfortable this time is,”
new Nebraska AD Trev Alberts
said. “It is. It’s a changing envi-
ronment. There’s a lot of stress.
Now’s the time you want to be
part of some stability.”
That Big Ten expansion
sparked a frenzy, with confer-
ences and schools fending for
themselves. Could a Texas/
Oklahoma move to the SEC be
the next fire starter?
Big Ten Commissioner
Kevin Warren was asked about
the talks and whether they
could prompt the conference
to look at expansion —- maybe
even reaching out to the two
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John Carlos, left, and Tommie Smith in front of a statue that honors
their iconic, black-gloved protest at the 1968 Olympic Games, on
the campus of San Jose State University in 2018.
Solomon noted that during
breaststroke races in swimming,
fans whistle during the races.
Layering that in would be over
the top. Most venues will run
some sort of sound tracks to sim-
ulate crowd murmur or presence,
but only to prevent total silence
and for competitive reasons.
“We’ve pivoted to know that
we’ve got access to all of these
fields-of-play microphones. So,
we really feel like we can en-
hance the sounds of the Games.
But you will also hear any crowd
presence that is actually being in-
jected into the venue. You’ll hear
it as the athletes hear it,” she said.
Terry Gannon, who will be
broadcasting gymnastics, said
not having a crowd will also call
for some changes into how an-
nouncers call events.
“There are certain things you
do as an announcer because you
play off and wait for the crowd.
Now you don’t have the crowd
and you’re probably going to
Big 12 schools — as he opened
football media days at Lucas
Oil Stadium.
Warren stayed away from
speculating, calling the news
just another example of the vol-
atility sweeping through college
sports at the moment.
“That’s the world that we live
in right now,” he said. “From
where we sit, we’re always con-
stantly evaluating what’s in the
best interest of the conference.”
Atlantic Coast Conference
Commissioner Jim Phillips,
who took over earlier this year
after being athletic director at
Northwestern, took a similarly
cautious approach.
“I think it’s critically import-
ant for all of us to always be
paying attention to what’s hap-
pening in the landscape and
understanding what’s happen-
ing across the country, whether
you’re a conference commis-
sioner, whether you’re an ath-
letic director, whether you’re a
president,” he said.
have to come in right away,” he
said.
With friends and family un-
able to watch in the venues, NBC
is deploying production teams
throughout the country to catch
their reactions. The U.S. Olympic
and Paralympic Committee has
set up a base at Universal Resorts
in Orlando, Florida.
Other broadcasters are taking
a different approach. Australia’s
Seven Network says it plans to
layer in crowd noise because it
gives fans a level of familiarity.
“We will be using crowd ef-
fects in our Olympic Games
coverage purely to enhance the
viewer experience, said Lewis
Martin, Seven’s head of network
sport. “These effects have been
successfully refined in our cov-
erage of the AFL (Australian
Rules Football) over the past 18
months, when we have worked
tirelessly to meet the feedback of
our viewers, whose primary ex-
pectation is simply that the con-
test they’re watching sounds and
looks like the sport they know
and love.”